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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 37 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the recent 

terrorist attacks in Paris that resulted in the deaths of seventeen innocent persons and offering condolences to those personally affected by 

this cowardly act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 16, 2015 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. ROYCE) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Paris that resulted in the deaths of seventeen innocent persons and 

offering condolences to those personally affected by this 

cowardly act. 

Whereas, on January 7, 2015, armed radical Islamist terrorists stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie 

Hebdo and slaughtered twelve people, including editorial 

staff of the paper, a visitor, a security guard, a maintenance worker, and a Muslim police officer; 

Whereas terrorists Cherif and Said Kouachi, who carried out 

the attack, were located and killed by police two days 

later and their hostages rescued; 


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Whereas Amedy Coulibaly killed a female police officer on 

January 8, 2015, and intentionally targeted a kosher supermarket, taking multiple hostages and murdering four 

Jewish men on January 9, 2015, before French police 

raided the store, killed Coulibaly, and rescued the surviving hostages; 

Whereas Amedy Coulibaly stated that he had worked in coordination with Said and Cherif Kouachi and called them 

‘‘brothers from our team’’; 

Whereas Hayat Boumeddiene, a fourth suspect connected 

with the attack and the common-law wife of Amedy 

Coulibaly, remains at large; 

Whereas the Kouachi brothers are believed to have traveled 

to Yemen in 2011 where they are reported to have received weapons training and met with Anwar al-Awlaki, 

a senior member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; 

Whereas al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed credit 

for the Charlie Hebdo attack; 

Whereas Amedy Coulibaly claimed to be a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; 

Whereas radical Islamist terrorist groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, al-Qaeda and its affiliates worldwide, the Taliban and Haqqani network in 

Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ansar al-Sharia in Libya, 

Boko Haram in Nigeria, al-Shabaab in Somalia, 

Hizballah in Lebanon and Syria, Hamas in Gaza, and 

others, pose a growing threat to international peace and 

stability; 

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cluding the universal right to free expression and freedom 

of religion; 

Whereas the increase in anti-Semitic attacks in France and 

throughout Europe remains of great concern; 

Whereas the United States and France share a longstanding 

cultural, political, and economic relationship that has 

greatly benefitted both nations; 

Whereas since the founding of our Nation, France has been 

an ally of the United States, and French soldiers have 

fought side-by-side with American soldiers throughout 

history, including during two World Wars; 

Whereas security cooperation between the United States and 

France plays an essential role in combating violent extremism in West and North Africa, the Middle East and 

around the world; and 

Whereas the United States is committed to supporting its 

oldest ally France in this difficult time: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the recent terrorist attacks in 

3 Paris that resulted in the tragic loss of seventeen in4 nocent lives; 

5 (2) extends its deepest sympathies to all those 

6 affected by this tragedy; 

7 (3) supports the efforts of the Government of 

8 France to ensure that all of those individuals who 

9 committed or supported these attacks are brought to 

10 justice; 


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1 (4) remains concerned regarding the flow of 

2 foreign fighters to and from the Middle East and 

3 West and North Africa and the threat posed by 

4 these individuals upon their return to their local 

5 communities; 

6 (5) appreciates and supports France’s con7 tinuing efforts to combat terrorism and promote sta8 bility throughout the Middle East and West and 

9 North Africa; 

10 (6) appreciates France’s contributions to the 

11 multilateral effort to destroy the Islamic State of 

12 Iraq and the Levant; 

13 (7) recognizes the growing threat posed by rad14 ical Islamist terrorist groups worldwide and reaf15 firms the commitment of the United States to the 

16 multilateral, global fight against such violent extrem17 ists; 

18 (8) calls upon all nations to join a global effort 

19 to combat violent extremist ideologies and terrorist 

20 groups; and 

21 (9) remains committed to the defense of free 

22 expression, including religious freedom, as well as 

23 other universal values that terrorists seek to destroy 


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1 through a campaign of cowardly threats and rep2 rehensible violence. 

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